Welcome Point - Bùth Bharraigh
Castlebay, Isle of Barra, Outer Hebrides, HS9 5XF
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Bùth Bharraigh is the Visitor Information Service for the Islands of Barra and Vatersay.
We have information about events, places to eat, attractions, accommodation, opening times, transport, weather, tides and much more. We also have a wide range of leaflets and other tourism literature for purchase or for free. We sell a wide range of maps and local publications if you require more in-depth information.
If you want to know something we will know or know someone who can help you.
If you would like help prior to your visit to the islands then please contact us by phone or email and we can help find accommodation (for a £4 fee) give you other information you require to plan a successful trip.
Other services we provide include free WiFi, Laundrette, Bicycle Hire, free water top-up, photocopying and we can print boarding passes.
WINNER: Scottish Rural Parliament Rural Innovators Award for Business 2015/16
WINNER: Rural Business Awards Social Enterprise 2016 (UK)
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Scottish Rural Awards Rural Enterprise 2017
Living Wage employer
Hebridean Way Pit Stop 2019
Outer Hebrides Tourism Member 2020
Platinum Listing 2020| Open all year (1 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2024) |
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* 1 April – 30 September Monday – Saturday 1000-1915, Sunday 1200-1600, 1800-1930
1 October – 31 March: Monday – Saturday 1000-1800, Sunday 1200-1600
Closed 1, 2 January & 25, 26 December.
Restricted hours over Christmas period see website for details
Community local produce shop selling quality products from Barra & Vatersay including…
Kisimul Castle sits on a rocky islet just off the coast of Barra at Castlebay
Award winning Bunting Project bringing people together with connections to Barra and…
The Isle of Barra Soap Company produces soap products & candles. Handmade on the Isle of…
This medieval castle was the seat of the Clan Macneil. Built in the 15th century it was…
Our Lady, Star of the Sea, designed by G. Woulfe Brenan and completed in 1888, is perched…
This is the only standing stone of any size still erect on Barra.
Neolithic people settled here around 4000 BC and built an artificial platform behind a…
The wreck of an RAF Catalina seaplane that tragically crashed on the hill killing three…
A path leads into the interior of Barra with views over Heaval, the islands highest peak.…
This site was investigated by Channel 4's Time Team in May 2007. Amongst other remains, a…
Vatersay is the southernmost inhabited island in the Outer Hebrides. It is now linked to…
A monument in memory of those lost in the Annie Jane maritime disaster in 1853.
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Coeloglossum viride
When heading uphill towards Eorisdale, look out for this easily…
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